Scopes

[ScatterGunner]

hi all -

need some discussion here on scopes.

last year i picked up a NcStar 1x45 red dot scope at a gun show for $40 (cheap) or so. i tried it out on my 30-06 and 30-30 handi (same receiver, different barrels) and didnt like it for reasons i will shortly explain. so it spent the winter, spring and this summer in the closet. i dragged it out last week and fitted it to the 22 rimfire sportster.

the long and short of it is that the red dot moves off boresight if my eye moves off center of the reticule. so what am i doing wrong here ? the aim point/spot movement is dramatic at short range and less noticeable at long ranges (50 yards).

what i would expect a laser scope to do is to remain on target regardless if my eye is off center of the reticule, as in it will aim at what ever the dot is on, but it doesnt.

now this scope doesnt project a red dot on to the target, it is a hologram or whatever, where the dot floats inside the scope.

what i would like is a red dot scope that has a small optically round red dot, the NcStar has a dot with smeared tentacles, and one that doesnt shift the aim point of you eyeball is off center of the scope.

so collectively, i bet you all have some more experience with these scopes than i do and i would like to hear about it !!   :grin:

thanks !


sg

[AZ223]

If I'm understanding you correctly, you're seeing parallax in your scope. Centerfire rifle scopes have parallax set at least 50yds; anything closer, and the crosshairs move with your eye. Higher magnification on an adjustable scope will magnify this even more at short distances. Look for a rimfire scope if that's what you're going to use it on; their parallax is usually a little shorter.

I don't know what kinds of red-dots are out there, but I have a Bushnell Banner I got from a friend. It's called a "Lite-Site"; don't know if they make it any more. But it's 1.5x-6x and has crosshairs, but for low-light you slide a switch on and the center dot of the crosshairs lights up. As close as 10yds, there is parallax at 6x, but not at 1.5x. Nice little scope. I just don't know how to change the battery if it ever dies... :?

[Oquirrh]

you've got a cheap and faulty red dot.

I have a NCstar that works fine. You dot sould not move on the target as you move your  eye. But you need to put scope on a firm rest to know for  sure.

My NCstar also has a smeared red dot--that's because its a $25 reddot. If you spend real money on a reddot. $80 and up, you'll get a  better dot.

Mine works fine on tin cans. But give me a peep sight any day.

[ScatterGunner]

Oquirrh -

you're right, i picked up the NcSTart at a reptuable dealer at the semiannual gun show, got ripped off, paid $40 for it. next time they are back in town i'm going to bring it back


time to order up another simmons !

sg